Psalm 147:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He sendsיִשְׁלַ֣ח
(yish·lach)
7971: to senda prim. root
forth His wordדְּבָרֹ֣ו
(de·va·rov)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
and meltsוְיַמְסֵ֑ם
(ve·yam·sem;)
4529: to melt, dissolve, be liquefieda prim. root
them; He causes His windר֝וּחֹ֗ו
(ru·chov)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
to blowיַשֵּׁ֥ב
(ya·shev)
5380: to blowa prim. root
and the watersמָֽיִם׃
(ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
to flow.יִזְּלוּ־
(yiz·ze·lu-)
5140: to flow, trickle, drop, distilla prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
He sendeth out
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
his word
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
and melteth
macah  (maw-saw')
to dissolve -- make to consume away, (make to) melt, water.
them he causeth his wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
to blow
nashab  (naw-shab')
to blow; by implication, to disperse -- (cause to) blow, drive away.
and the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
flow
nazal  (naw-zal')
to drip, or shed by trickling -- distil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

King James Bible
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He sends His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

International Standard Version
He sends out his word and melts them. He makes his wind blow and the water flows.

NET Bible
He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He sends his word and melts them; he makes the winds blow and the waters flow.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He sends out his word and melts his hailstones. He makes wind blow [and] water flow.

King James 2000 Bible
He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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